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How a news investigation shed light on potential patient privacy violations
There have been continuing repercussions from an investigative story published in June by nonprofit news organization The Markup, in partnership with STAT, describing…
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How I did it: Reporting on apparent misconduct in influential Alzheimer’s research
Alzheimer’s disease afflicts more than 6 million Americans. Yet since 1906, when Alois Alzheimer first saw characteristic sticky plaques in…
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How is the U.S. preparing for the “second punch” of antibiotic resistance?
Journalists should check in on how the U.S. government and the nation’s hospitals and medical practices intend to regain ground…
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A hallucinogen combined with psychotherapy may curb alcohol use disorder
Journalists covering alcoholism may already know that it is the third leading cause of death in the United States, behind tobacco smoking,…
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Evaluating concerns about accelerated FDA drug approvals
Congress has a chance in September to try to speed the pace of studies needed to confirm whether drugs sold…
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Will the FDA get more tools for handling accelerated drug approvals?
September is a great time for journalists to examine how well U.S. regulators are handling the accelerated approval pathway for…
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Journalist explains the right and wrong way to cover suicide
When covering suicide, words, and framing matter, a lesson Raleigh, N.C.-based Kaiser Health News reporter Aneri Pattani learned firsthand when suicide…
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What to know about telemedicine fraud
When the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced in July it had levied criminal charges against 36 defendants across the country for…
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CMS expands popular home and community-based program
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid is funding five additional states and territories to expand access to home and community-based…
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Rise in naloxone costs for uninsured, a significant access barrier to life-saving drug
The cost of naloxone has risen sharply for people lacking insurance, even as laws have made it easier to prescribe…